Abraham Lincoln Says

"It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.

There I grew up. There were some schools, so called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond "readin, writin, and cipherin,' the rule of three. . .There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for
education.

Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was
all. I have not been to school since.

The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of
necessity.